---
layout: example
category: example
title: Highlight features within a bounding box
description: 'Hold <kbd>Shift</kbd> &amp; drag the map to query features using <code>queryRenderedFeatures</code>.'
tags: 
  - user-interaction
---
<style>
.boxdraw {
    background: rgba(56,135,190,0.1);
    border: 2px solid #3887be;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
}
</style>

<div id='map'></div>

<script>
var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
    container: 'map',
    style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v9',
    center: [-98, 38.88],
    minZoom: 2,
    zoom: 3
});

// Disable default box zooming.
map.boxZoom.disable();

// Create a popup, but don't add it to the map yet.
var popup = new mapboxgl.Popup({
    closeButton: false
});

map.on('load', function() {
    var canvas = map.getCanvasContainer();

    // Variable to hold the starting xy coordinates
    // when `mousedown` occured.
    var start;

    // Variable to hold the current xy coordinates
    // when `mousemove` or `mouseup` occurs.
    var current;

    // Variable for the draw box element.
    var box;

    // Add the source to query. In this example we're using
    // county polygons uploaded as vector tiles
    map.addSource('counties', {
        "type": "vector",
        "url": "mapbox://mapbox.82pkq93d"
    });

    map.addLayer({
        "id": "counties",
        "type": "fill",
        "source": "counties",
        "source-layer": "original",
        "paint": {
            "fill-outline-color": "rgba(0,0,0,0.1)",
            "fill-color": "rgba(0,0,0,0.1)"
        }
    }, 'place-city-sm'); // Place polygon under these labels.

    map.addLayer({
        "id": "counties-highlighted",
        "type": "fill",
        "source": "counties",
        "source-layer": "original",
        "paint": {
            "fill-outline-color": "#484896",
            "fill-color": "#6e599f",
            "fill-opacity": 0.75
        },
        "filter": ["in", "FIPS", ""]
    }, 'place-city-sm'); // Place polygon under these labels.

    // Set `true` to dispatch the event before other functions
    // call it. This is necessary for disabling the default map
    // dragging behaviour.
    canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', mouseDown, true);

    // Return the xy coordinates of the mouse position
    function mousePos(e) {
        var rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
        return new mapboxgl.Point(
            e.clientX - rect.left - canvas.clientLeft,
            e.clientY - rect.top - canvas.clientTop
        );
    }

    function mouseDown(e) {
        // Continue the rest of the function if the shiftkey is pressed.
        if (!(e.shiftKey && e.button === 0)) return;

        // Disable default drag zooming when the shift key is held down.
        map.dragPan.disable();

        // Call functions for the following events
        document.addEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
        document.addEventListener('mouseup', onMouseUp);
        document.addEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown);

        // Capture the first xy coordinates
        start = mousePos(e);
    }

    function onMouseMove(e) {
        // Capture the ongoing xy coordinates
        current = mousePos(e);

        // Append the box element if it doesnt exist
        if (!box) {
            box = document.createElement('div');
            box.classList.add('boxdraw');
            canvas.appendChild(box);
        }

        var minX = Math.min(start.x, current.x),
            maxX = Math.max(start.x, current.x),
            minY = Math.min(start.y, current.y),
            maxY = Math.max(start.y, current.y);

        // Adjust width and xy position of the box element ongoing
        var pos = 'translate(' + minX + 'px,' + minY + 'px)';
        box.style.transform = pos;
        box.style.WebkitTransform = pos;
        box.style.width = maxX - minX + 'px';
        box.style.height = maxY - minY + 'px';
    }

    function onMouseUp(e) {
        // Capture xy coordinates
        finish([start, mousePos(e)]);
    }

    function onKeyDown(e) {
        // If the ESC key is pressed
        if (e.keyCode === 27) finish();
    }

    function finish(bbox) {
        // Remove these events now that finish has been called.
        document.removeEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
        document.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown);
        document.removeEventListener('mouseup', onMouseUp);

        if (box) {
            box.parentNode.removeChild(box);
            box = null;
        }

        // If bbox exists. use this value as the argument for `queryRenderedFeatures`
        if (bbox) {
            var features = map.queryRenderedFeatures(bbox, { layers: ['counties'] });

            if (features.length >= 1000) {
                return window.alert('Select a smaller number of features');
            }

            // Run through the selected features and set a filter
            // to match features with unique FIPS codes to activate
            // the `counties-highlighted` layer.
            var filter = features.reduce(function(memo, feature) {
                memo.push(feature.properties.FIPS);
                return memo;
            }, ['in', 'FIPS']);

            map.setFilter("counties-highlighted", filter);
        }

        map.dragPan.enable();
    }

    map.on('mousemove', function(e) {
        var features = map.queryRenderedFeatures(e.point, { layers: ['counties-highlighted'] });
        // Change the cursor style as a UI indicator.
        map.getCanvas().style.cursor = (features.length) ? 'pointer' : '';

        if (!features.length) {
            popup.remove();
            return;
        }

        var feature = features[0];

        popup.setLngLat(e.lngLat)
            .setText(feature.properties.COUNTY)
            .addTo(map);
    });
});
</script>
